[Spacewalk-list] Pushing updates to multiple machines at a time

[Zeal Vora]

Hi

I intend to push updates to multiple machines at a time.

I've created Groups called Prod and QA and added servers to each of them.

However within the Groups, I don't see any box to push the updates to the
entire group.

Any help will be appreciated on how to do it correctly.



Cheers!
Zeal
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Re: [Spacewalk-list] Few Questions before deploying SpaceWalk to Prod

[Sean Johnson]

I was planning to Clone CentOS 6 "Updates & EPEL repo and skip Base
repo. Will those 2 be good enough for basic system packages  ?


You need the Base channel. The Updates channel only has updates. So, any 
package that hasn't been updated will expect to be pulled from the Base 
channel instead of the Updates channel. Also, when a new point release 
comes out, that's when the Base channel gets updated.


Personally I stay far away from putting EPEL directly into a production 
environment. If EPEL packages are needed, I put them into a custom 
channel, and deploy them that way. Depending on your tolerance for 
breakage, your results may vary.



We have different minor version distinction in distributions. Like
CentOS 6.5, CentOS 6.7, are there any considerations that needs to be 
taken

?


Just that the upstream Base channel gets updated when a new point 
release comes out. So, if you want to maintain your own CentOS 6.5 Base 
channel, for instance, be sure to keep that clone around. The same goes 
with the Updates channel. You'll want to clone the Updates channel to 
match up with the version of the Base channel.



Is HA important ?


That completely depends on your needs. I don't think Spacewalk can 
function as an HA service without some serious kludges. If availability 
is important, you might want to stand up one or more Spacewalk Proxy 
systems, and point your systems to those instead of directly at the 
Spacewalk server. That way if the Spacewalk server is offline for a 
while, anything cached by the Spacewalk Proxy will still be available to 
clients.



On 25 Apr 2016, at 2:44, Zeal Vora wrote:


Hi

We have set of around 200 servers and we are planning to use SpaceWalk 
for

Patch Management.

Most of the Servers are based on CentOS 6 and I had few questions 
before I

can actually setup for Production environment.

i) I was planning to Clone CentOS 6 "Updates & EPEL repo and skip Base
repo. Will those 2 be good enough for basic system packages  ?

ii) We have different minor version distinction in distributions. Like
CentOS 6.5, CentOS 6.7, are there any considerations that needs to be 
taken

?

iii) Is HA important ? We plan for weekly snapshots of the Server 
which
suffice our requirement as it won't be used on daily basis. If 
anything

happens, we can restore the snapshot.


Any help will be appreciated!
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[Spacewalk-list] Auto config deployment

[Konstantin Raskoshnyi]

I set up config deployment, added files, subscribed keys for my config
channels.
After a fresh kickstart I see that systems are subscribed to config
channel, but there's no updates on the file system, If I make deployment
manually - all works.

Also there's no job after a kickstart to deploy centrally managed files.

Any thoughts?
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Re: [Spacewalk-list] All packages not listed under " Install " tab in systems

[Konstantin Raskoshnyi]

Sorry didn't get your answer.

What do you see if you run the command yum repolist on your servers?

Thanks

On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 3:13 AM, Zeal Vora  wrote:

> Yes, I've subscribed to all 3 channels.
>
> When I do yum install package-name ( from 3rd repo ) , it works however
> from the SpaceWalk server, it does not show the packages from 3rd repo.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 11:29 PM, Konstantin Raskoshnyi <
> konra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Did you subscribe systems to all 3 channels?
>> Please go to activation keys->your key->child channels - all new systems
>> will be subscribed to these channels.
>>
>>
>>
>> Also you can manually add software channel to system under systems->your
>> system->software->software channels
>>
>> On Thursday, April 21, 2016, Zeal Vora  wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> We have 3 channels ( 1 Parent and 2 child ) under 1 activation key and
>>> all systems registered are getting packages from those channels.
>>>
>>> The distribution is like :-
>>>
>>>  prod-centos6 - 12,194 packages
>>> - c6-updates- 1560   packages
>>> - pc6- 6575   packages
>>>
>>> In client system, when I run " yum repolist " I get info from all the 3
>>> channels. However when I go under Systems > Machine > Software > Install
>>> tab, i can see packages only from 2 channels and not from the 3rd channel.
>>>
>>> *Please find attached screenshot.*
>>>
>>> Total number of packages, it shows as 18,474 ( which is of 2 channels ),
>>> so the 3rd channel repos are not shown here.
>>>
>>> In client when I try to install from that 3rd repo, it works perfectly.
>>>
>>> Any help will be appreciated !
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Re: [Spacewalk-list] Questions about setting up a proxy server

[Matthew Madey]

Yep, just make sure that Provisioning box is checked in your Activation
key.

On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 12:35 PM, Daryl Rose  wrote:

> Matthew,
>
>
> Where and how to I attach then provisioning entitlement?  Is this
> something that i have to purchase from Red Hat?
>
>
> I see a "Provisioning" check box in the activation key.  Is that all I
> need, or do I have to install something else?
>
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> Daryl
>
>
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> spacewalk-list-boun...@redhat.com> on behalf of Matthew Madey <
> mattma...@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, April 25, 2016 11:02 AM
> *To:* spacewalk-list@redhat.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Spacewalk-list] Questions about setting up a proxy server
>
> Just ensure that whatever activation key you're using to register has the
> provisioning entitlement attached. The Proxy can be registered normally
> like any other system. There will be a step in the installation to run
> configure_proxy.sh which enables it as a Spacewalk proxy.
>
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 9:31 AM, Daryl Rose  wrote:
>
>> I'm setting up a proxy server and I'm not sure that I understand this
>> information from the documentation:
>>
>>
>>
>>- An upstream RHN Satellite server with an available Proxy
>>entitlement or a Spacewalk server.
>>- Machine where you will install Spacewalk Proxy must be registered
>>against Spacewalk Server, which you will proxy.
>>- A provisioning entitlement for the Proxy server.
>>
>> I have an upstream spacewalk server, but how do I enable the proxy
>> entitlement on it?
>> Do I register the proxy server as a regular system, or do I setup a
>> provisional activation key?
>> Where do I get the provisioning entitlement for the proxy server?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Daryl Rose
>>
>>
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Re: [Spacewalk-list] File deployment error

[Robert Paschedag]

rhn-action-control --enable-all

Am 25.04.2016 21:05 schrieb Konstantin Raskoshnyi :
>
> Hi guys.
> Trying to automatically deploy files thorough configuration, but it shows me 
> this error
> Local permission not set for action type configfiles.deploy
>
> All packages are installed, also I can run remote commands.
>
> For example I want to create a file /root/test.txt - from conf this command 
> doesn't work
>
> But if I do the same from machine remote command - it works
>
> Thanks

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[Spacewalk-list] File deployment error

[Konstantin Raskoshnyi]

Hi guys.
Trying to automatically deploy files thorough configuration, but it shows
me this error
Local permission not set for action type configfiles.deploy

All packages are installed, also I can run remote commands.

For example I want to create a file /root/test.txt - from conf this command
doesn't work

But if I do the same from machine remote command - it works

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Re: [Spacewalk-list] Questions about setting up a proxy server

[Daryl Rose]

Matthew,


Where and how to I attach then provisioning entitlement?  Is this something 
that i have to purchase from Red Hat?


I see a "Provisioning" check box in the activation key.  Is that all I need, or 
do I have to install something else?


Thank you.


Daryl



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behalf of Matthew Madey 
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 11:02 AM
To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Questions about setting up a proxy server

Just ensure that whatever activation key you're using to register has the 
provisioning entitlement attached. The Proxy can be registered normally like 
any other system. There will be a step in the installation to run 
configure_proxy.sh which enables it as a Spacewalk proxy.

On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 9:31 AM, Daryl Rose 
mailto:darylr...@outlook.com>> wrote:

I'm setting up a proxy server and I'm not sure that I understand this 
information from the documentation:


  *   An upstream RHN Satellite server with an available Proxy entitlement or a 
Spacewalk server.
  *   Machine where you will install Spacewalk Proxy must be registered against 
Spacewalk Server, which you will proxy.
  *   A provisioning entitlement for the Proxy server.

I have an upstream spacewalk server, but how do I enable the proxy entitlement 
on it?
Do I register the proxy server as a regular system, or do I setup a provisional 
activation key?
Where do I get the provisioning entitlement for the proxy server?

Thank you.

Daryl Rose

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Re: [Spacewalk-list] Questions about setting up a proxy server

[Matthew Madey]

Just ensure that whatever activation key you're using to register has the
provisioning entitlement attached. The Proxy can be registered normally
like any other system. There will be a step in the installation to run
configure_proxy.sh which enables it as a Spacewalk proxy.

On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 9:31 AM, Daryl Rose  wrote:

> I'm setting up a proxy server and I'm not sure that I understand this
> information from the documentation:
>
>
>
>- An upstream RHN Satellite server with an available Proxy entitlement
>or a Spacewalk server.
>- Machine where you will install Spacewalk Proxy must be registered
>against Spacewalk Server, which you will proxy.
>- A provisioning entitlement for the Proxy server.
>
> I have an upstream spacewalk server, but how do I enable the proxy
> entitlement on it?
> Do I register the proxy server as a regular system, or do I setup a
> provisional activation key?
> Where do I get the provisioning entitlement for the proxy server?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Daryl Rose
>
>
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Re: [Spacewalk-list] No Software Entitlements Found(?)

[Jan Dobes]

Default Spacewalk certificate does not contain any Software Channel 
Entitlements. They are only for channels subscribed from Red Hat. 
However you don't need any channel entitlements to be able to register 
clients into your CentOS channels.


On 19.4.2016 22:02 Eckert, Doug wrote:

Greetings,

Just finished installing Spacewalk 2.4, following instructions here

https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/HowToInstall

Created default CentOS channels for v5/6/7 x86_64 (Base, Updates, Plus,
and Extras), and populated with 'spacewalk-repo-sync'

System Entitlements are 20,000 across the board. But when I check out
"Admin > Subscriptions > Software Channel Entitlemenmts" all I see is
"No entitlements found." I know they come in a cert from RedHat for
Satellite, but what about Spacewalk?




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[Spacewalk-list] Questions about setting up a proxy server

[Daryl Rose]

I'm setting up a proxy server and I'm not sure that I understand this 
information from the documentation:


  *   An upstream RHN Satellite server with an available Proxy entitlement or a 
Spacewalk server.
  *   Machine where you will install Spacewalk Proxy must be registered against 
Spacewalk Server, which you will proxy.
  *   A provisioning entitlement for the Proxy server.

I have an upstream spacewalk server, but how do I enable the proxy entitlement 
on it?
Do I register the proxy server as a regular system, or do I setup a provisional 
activation key?
Where do I get the provisioning entitlement for the proxy server?

Thank you.

Daryl Rose
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[Spacewalk-list] Systems Behind Proxy Not Checking In

[Wojtak, Greg]

Hello,

Spacewalk 2.4 – I recently upgraded to 2.4 (recently being a relative term) and 
since that time, none of the systems I have behind spacewalk proxies have been 
checking in in a timely fashion and OSA status is unknown on all of them.  If I 
schedule package install or script to run, it gets picked up eventually or if I 
run rhn_check.  I guess this points directly at OSA not working properly.  I’ve 
tried the old trick I used to do where I stopped jabber everywhere, deleted the 
jabber db, then restarted it and let things re-register, but that did not work.

Any help would be appreciated!

Greg Wojtak | UNIX Systems Engineer | x34306
[cid:9BE18F14-4BB4-4F4F-A16A-843DAAF5F3E7]


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[Spacewalk-list] Few Questions before deploying SpaceWalk to Prod

[Zeal Vora]

Hi

We have set of around 200 servers and we are planning to use SpaceWalk for
Patch Management.

Most of the Servers are based on CentOS 6 and I had few questions before I
can actually setup for Production environment.

i) I was planning to Clone CentOS 6 "Updates & EPEL repo and skip Base
repo. Will those 2 be good enough for basic system packages  ?

ii) We have different minor version distinction in distributions. Like
CentOS 6.5, CentOS 6.7, are there any considerations that needs to be taken
?

iii) Is HA important ? We plan for weekly snapshots of the Server which
suffice our requirement as it won't be used on daily basis. If anything
happens, we can restore the snapshot.


Any help will be appreciated!
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